The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-11

| 0yllanlUes'
Fitzpatrick was arraigned in the Police
Court to-day. The court fixed his fine at
SIS, which was afterward suspended, it being
represented that the prisoner was of un-
steady intellect.
| AN ALL NIGHT SESSION.
| LONDON, May 19.-The House of Com
mons sat until $50 o'clock this morning
on motion being put during the night by
| Mr.. DeLise, Conservative Unionist, for an
adjournment Mr.. Bradlaugh said he de-
sired IA division on the motion simply to
show who were opposed to his motion for
the second reading of the oathS bill Mr.
DeLisle's motion was rejected by a vote Of
| 1S5 to 104 After several further futile at
tempts to adjourn Mr.. Bradalugh said he
was satisfied that majority OF those pres
ent were against adjourning and agreed to
withdraw his motion. The House then ad-
| journed.
The Pail MaU Gazette publishes a rumor
that the government has ordered to be pre-
pared six first-class cells in Milbank prison
for the accommodation of Parnellite mem
bers of Congress whose arrest they may
deem necessary. The report is discredited
| PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT.
In the House of Commons to-day in com
mittee on the coercion bill Mr.. Healy moved
an amendment that a person committed for
| contempt of court be treated as first-clasS
misdemeanant. He argued that witnesses
committed for refusing to answer questions
ought not to be subjected to the same pun
ishment as criminals. When the last coer-
| cion was in effect he said mere detention of
many persons shortened their lives ten
years. [Cries of hear!' hear1
| Mr. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
| said that persons committed could avoid
punishment by answering questions
There was no difference between cases under
the clause and cases of contempt under the
ordinary law
John O'Connor (Nationalist said that if
/ the government imprisoned witnesses as
common criminals for refusing to answer
questions it would be disgrace to civiliza-
ton. Why didn't they propose to apply the
| old-fashioned implements of torture, includ-
| ing the thumbscrew and racks
A GREAT DIFFERENcE.
Sir Charles Russell QiberaD contended
| that there was great difference between
witnesses examined under the ordinary pro-
lection of legal advice in a regular court
and those who, under the clause, could be
compelled to attend a private ex-
animation and answer whatever questions
were put to them. [Heari Hear!l
| Mr.. Balfour replied that the law under
the explosives act gave the same powers.
Mr. Gladstone denied that these were
| parallel cases. Under the crimes clause
witnesses would be summoned to state
| whether some one had induced somebody
else to take, or refuse TO take, particular
| farmer to deal or refuse to deal with par
ticular tradesman. [Cheers.T
| Mr.. Healy put it to the government
whether it would agree that men committed
under the clause should not be kept in
| solitary confinement more than twenty
| hours out of the twenty-four
Mr.. Balfour promised that the govern,
ment would inquire into tho mode in which
the law was administered and prevent harsh
| treatment of persons committed under its
| provisions.
Mr.. Healy's amendment was rejected by
a vote of 1875 to IA.
Mr.. Healy then moved to reduce the
penalty for contempt in the case of witnesses
| to seven days Imprisonment.
| Mr.. Healy's amendment limiting the
| penalty for contempt was defeated by vote
of 13S to Ill.
PLANS TO EXPEDITE THE BILL.
An informal meeting of the Cabinet was
| held to-day to discuss plans for expediting
| the passage of the coercion bill. 1t was de-
| cided to abandon the attempt to effect a
| wholesale application of the cloture rule at a
| fixed date. The refusal of the chairman of
the committee to put cloture until each
clause has been fully discussed, has COM
| PEELED the Ministers to adopt the plan of
| asking for cloture after bona fide amend
| ments have been heard.
| The Mi.listeIialists now calculate that the
discussion Oh the coercion bill in committee
will last three weeks longer.
A committee of leading Conservatives
have made unofficial overtures to Mr..
Gladstone and Mr.. Morley, with a view of
| finding out whether those gentlemen will
assist in the appointing of a commission,
consisting of two English Judges and one
Scotch Judge,to inquire into the charges
against the Partellites. The GlanClstonians
are opposed to troubling themselves any
further with the question unless the govern
ment takes definite action, while the govern
ment is not disposed to make move until
the coercion bill shall have passed.
| The Unionist members of the Eighty Club
| have becn summoned to attend a meeting
called for the purpose of declaring the posi-
| ton of the club on the home rule question.
| The Gladstonians being in a majority will
| outvote their opponents and compel the
| withdrawal of the Unionists from the club
HEAVY EXPENSES.
| DUBLIN, May 10--At the fortnightly
| meeting of the National League to-day the
| Treasurer's report showed that the expenses
| since the previous meeting had exceeded the
| recaiDtS bV S4GO